Ringworm, ringworm for all of them!

That’s interesting. I haven’t heard that, I learned that BPD is usually caused by sort of isolated trauma, typically.

That makes sense!

Yeah, I’d agree with that! But despite being a sociopath, he’s always been very helpful to me and spent a great deal of time tutoring me when I was in college for free. I think I’m his longest lasting friendship. But it’s been very interesting seeing him grow up and mature. We’ve been friends for over a decade now, and when we were younger his disorder definitely came across. Now that we’re in our 30s, he’s chilled out a lot. I’m not sure how to articulate it other than him at 25 and 35 are pretty different.

Yeah, but I should say while he wasn’t sexually or physically abused, he did raise himself as a parent died when he was 5, and the other one went back to school and then worked all the time. So, he basically raised himself. I guess that could be considered abuse in some way.

I get that, it’s definitely anecdotal!

Meh, that doesn’t sound right. One of my best friends is a diagnosed APD. According to him, he didn’t endure any real childhood abuse. He told me once that he felt that it was 70% nature and 30% nurture.

I agree it’s very complex. But one of my best friends was diagnosed with an APD (more sociopathy than anything else) and he suffered from anorexia when he was in high school.

It’s definitely interesting.